Adaptation to climate variability and change in Uganda: Are there gender differences across households?

Type Working Paper
Title Adaptation to climate variability and change in Uganda: Are there gender differences across households?
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
URL http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2014/en_GB/wp2014-107/_files/92389231325488671/​default/wp2014-107.pdf
Abstract
This paper hypothesizes that adaptation to climate change is influenced by the gender of the decision maker of the household. Using a two-wave household panel survey dataset, choice of adaptation strategies employed by female- and male-headed households are examined. A multinomial logit model is used to examine factors determining adaptation choices by gender. Findings reveal that gender of the household head matters in adaptation to climate-induced shocks. Specific differences were found regarding responses during drought, regarding crop pest attacks, and livestock epidemics. Agro-ecological climate zones in which households live play a key role in adaptation options, yet gender matters.

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